Single side band modulator



Feb. 28, 1950 N. v. PETERSON SINGLE SIDE BAND MODULATOR Filed April 14, 1948 C C C C C C C C K K K /K ,K K K K 2 2 4 4 m 2 2 d 5 HT 2 0 ,v A l-lullz rZ r 2 2 0 O O .eiw 2 2 2 N m Q Q m w m m m a b d e 2 2 9 h r L R m s 5 m "MR m mm m g M w T i. m Pm m mm m mm U E 4v D W D I m w 1& o 6 L 0 RF wm H m M m mm M 5 3f .Em $1M R m m w A AI MI MI L7. M m m t w w w INVENTQR NILS vlwmm PTR$ON Patented Feb. 28 1950 .SINGLE SIDE BAND MODULATOR Nils Vilhelm Peterson, Stockholm, Sweden, as-

signor to Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 21. company of Sweden Application April 14, 1948, Serial No. 20,908 r In Sweden April 22, 1947 3 Claims. 1

When modulating frequency bands with a large relative width, as for instance program channels, where often frequencies down to 30 p./s. and up to about 10,000 p./s. have to be transmitted, it may be difiicult to cut away that part of the undesired band which corresponds to the lowest frequencies in the original band. If the undesired side band is unsatisfactorily suppressed in relation to the desired side band currents from the undesired side band will be mixed with currents from the desired side band after the demodulation. The resulting current will then be dependent on the phase shift of the two partial currents, said shift in its turn being dependent on the circuits between modulator and demodulator.

One method for producing a steep cut-off of the undesired side band is to use crystal filters. Such filters are however not very convenient to use as they obtain a very high characteristic. 1

It is therefore often necessary to arrange them between two electron tube stages.

The invention relates to a modulation device more closely described below in connection with the attached drawing, in which the desired steep cut-oil? is obtained by means of filters consistin of ordinary filter elements.

Fig. l is a block diagram illustrating the general make-up of the novel modulation device and Fig. 2 is a graphical representation illustrative of the operation of this device showing a. number of frequency diagrams.

The original voice signal band (-10 kc., Fig. 2a) is amplified in the voice signal amplifier and modulated from oscillator I in modulator I with a frequency 11 kc. Fig. 2b). The frequency band to be transmitted is represented by a triangle to make it possible to see in the diagrams of Fig. 2 which part of the frequency band corresponds to the lower tones in the transmitted band and which corresponds to the higher ones. Thus two side bands are obtained as shown in Fig. 2b. An effective cut-off of one side band without too much attenuation of parts of the other band would now require very expensive and complicated filters. According to the invention such complicated filters are avoided through the following procedure: The undesired side band (20-30 kc.) is suppressed partially in a low pass filter I, Fig. 1, which attenuates the upper one as seen at C, Fig. 2.

Modulation then takes place in a modulator II with a carrier frequency is, say 22 kc. from oscillator II, which differs from the carrier frequency ii a certain amount (f2f1) and which lies relatively close to frequency ii on the same side as the suppressed band, whereby two side bands according to Fig. 2d are obtained (2-12 and 32-42 kc). Those currents in the desired side band which correspond to the lowest frequencies in the original band (0-10 kc.), may then easily be suppressed in a high pass filter having an approximate cut-off frequency (fa-f1), as seen in Fig. 26. As in this way the sharp cut-off is accomplished at the low frequency (f2-,f1) the filters needed for this purpose are very simple and furthermore the demand on stability of the filter elements may be considerably reduced. Another low pass filter (low pass filter II) cuts off the high-frequency band (32-52 kc.) as seen in Fig. 2], which is produced in the modulator II.

By this procedure the original band (0-10 kc.) in Fig. 2a has been displaced upwards an amount corresponding to the frequency difference (f2- ii). The high pass filter and low pass filter II may of course be combined in a single band pass filter. Behind these filters there remains a frequency band (2-12 kc.) which is again displaced upwards in frequency by modulation in a modulator III with a carrier frequency is from oscillator III (22 kc. according to Fig. 29). This frequency may be the same as the carrier frequency f2 or some other suitable frequency. In a relatively simple band pass filter the one side band (24-34 kc.) can now be suppressed without influencing the other one and thus the desired final band (10-20 kc.) according to Fig. 2h is obtained.

I claim:

1. A wave transmission system comprising in combination a source of voice signal frequencies, a source of carrier frequency oscillation, the frequency ii of which is high relative to the voice signal frequencies, a modulating device in which said voice signal is impressed on said carrier frequency, a filter connected with the output of said modulating device for partial suppression of one of the side bands, a source of a second carrier frequency oscillation, the frequency f: of which differs from the frequency h of the first mentioned carrier frequency by an amount less than the highest voice signal frequency to be transmitted and falling within the frequency range of the partially suppressed side band, a second modulating device in which the unsuppressed side band and said partially suppressed side band are impressed on said second carrier frequency, a high pass filter with a cut-off frequency of (jaji) connected with the output of said sec- 0nd modulating device and a low pass filter in series with said high pass filter for selecting the lower side band, a source of a third carrier frequency oscillation, a third modulator for impressing said selected lower side band on said third carrier frequency, and a band pass filter for selecting none :of .the resulting side-bands.

2. A device :as claimed in claim 1 icomprising an oscillation source which is common to one of said intermediate carrier frequency oscillators and said last mentioned carrier frequency.

3. A wave transmission system comprising-in combination a source of wide band-.andioisignal frequencies, a source of carrier woltaige tthejrequency ii of which is of the order of I twice tithe maximum signal frequency, amodulating device for combining said frequencies, 'ajlowpass'fll-tezl" the second carrier, a high pass filter having a cut-oil frequency of substantially f2f1 connected to the output of the second modulator to eliminate those frequencies in the lower side band which correspond to the lowest frequencies in the original signal band, a low pass filter following rsaid ch igh pass Aiilter rte eliminate the upper side iibazndma thirilisourceiof lclmiier frequency, a third modulator to combine the filtered .ilower side band and the third carrier, and a band-pass filter in the output of the third modulator to 'slect its lower side band.

-NEIS VILHELM PETERSON.

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